Table 4 UNOS data: number of recipients who received a liver transplant from 01/01/90–06/30/08 due to PTU-induced liver failure. Over the same period, there were no MMI-related transplants.
From: Propylthiouracil (PTU) Hepatoxicity in Children and Recommendations for Discontinuation of Use
Year | Age group | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | 1–5 | 11–17 | 18–34 | 35–49 | 65+ |  | |||||
| Â | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N |
1990 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1993 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1994 | 1 | 4.3 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 2 |
1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1999 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2001 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 2 | 8.7 | 5 | 21.7 | 10 | 43.5 | 5 | 21.7 | 1 | 4.3 | 23 |